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Carissa Putri

Carissa Putri
Born Carissa Putri Sulaiman
(1984-09-12) September 12, 1984 (age 32)
Frankfurt, West Germany
Other names Carissa Putri, Carissa Sulaiman
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2004-present
Known for Playing role as Maria Girgis in the film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta"

Carissa Putri Sulaiman (born September 12, 1984 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is an Indonesian actress and model best known for her role as Maria Girgis in the romantic religious Indonesian hit movie "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (a.k.a. Verses of Love) in 2008 and "The Tarix Jabrix" on the same year.

Carissa is the daughter of Ris Isa Soelaiman and Lily S.P., an Indonesian actress. Carissa is of Malay-Indonesian-German-Dutch descent.

Carissa attended in Indonesia majoring in Faculty of Social and Political Science.

Carissa started her career as a model and played supporting roles in some of Indonesian soap operas before landing her breakout role in a successful romantic religious movie "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (a.k.a. Verses of Love) in 2008, based on a best-selling novel with the same title written by Habiburrahman El Shirazy, where she played a leading role as Maria Girgis. On the same year she played on another success comedy movie "The Tarix Jabrix".

She also had appeared in many Indonesian drama series including "Satu Bunga Empat Kumbang", "Jangan Pisahkan Aku", "Aqso dan Madina", "Hikmah 3", "Anggun", "Rafika", "Date with Danella", "Mertua dan Menantu", and "I Love You Boss" along with Indonesian presenter and actor, Daniel Mananta.


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